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COMBINED MATCH BOX AND CIGAR CUTTER.

No, 262,056. Patented Ja11.10,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. PIERCE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

COMBINED MATCH-BOX AND CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,056, dated January10, 1882.

Application filed July 22, 1881.

citizen of the United States, residing in the cityand county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulCombined Match-Box and Cigar-Cutter, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a pocket match-box which is provided with aknife for cutting off the pointed cigar end, the cutting-knife and thecover of the box being both acted upon by a spring in such manner thatopening and closing the cover actuates the knife-blade, and

provided, further, with means to puncture the cigar end, if that ispreferable to cutting it ofi, and with a pin-cushion. 0n theinner sideof the box-cover is a serrated plate for igniting the matches. Thespring which actuates the co\ er and cutting-blade I make of sufiicientlength, so that while one end of it engages the box-cover the other endis fashioned to form the fastening-catch of the box.

The detail of construction and of arrangement of the several parts ismore fully shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2are elevations, showing the box' closed and open. Fig. 3 is a transversesection of the box. Fig. 4 shows the serrated plate on the inner underside of the box-cover. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section, showing theseveral parts in detail. Figs. 6 and 7 are different views of the springand cutter-blade. Fig. 8 is a vertical central section of the puncturingdevice on the line m or.

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The box B maybe of any desired shape, and may be drawn up from a singlepiece of metal, or it may be made in parts and soldered together. Thebox is divided into three compartments, as shown in Fig. 5, to afford areceptacle for matches, a chamber for a pin cushion, c, and one for thepuncturing device d.

At any convenient point in the side of the box B, I locate an orifice,e, the edges of which, with the cuttingblade hereinafter described, formthe cutter for taking ott' the pointed cigar ends.

The cover C is actuated bya spring, 8, which preferably I make ofsufficient length and suitable shape to form also the catch or lockingdevice 8 for the box-cover. To this spring s, at the proper point,Iattach a cutting-blade, b, so that when the spring is in its normal po-(No model.)

sition the blade covers the orifice 6; but when the cover is closed downupon the box the blade moves with the spring, so as to uncover theorifice, and remains in that position so long as the box is closed. Thespring .9 is" C also provided Wltllit start or thumb piece, 8 whichextends outwardly through the box to afford means of operating thespring-catch s. The spring s is made to engage the'cover on its innerunder side, at some convenient point near its hinge-joint, so as tothrow the cover back when the catch s is disengaged by the pressure uponthe start 8 The puncturing device (shown in detail in Fig. 8) consistsof a movable plate, (I, provided with one or more orifices, and restingupon a coil-spring, and one or more vertical needles, a a, so placedthat as the plate at is pressed down upon the spring the needle-pointswill protrude through the orifices in said plate and puncture the cigarend. This device is intended more especially for use when the cigar haswhat is known as a short-filling, and it is not desirable to cut thewrapper on the end.

The plate is made with a central orifice, also large enough to receivethe pointed cigar end,

and so serve as a guide in puncturing.

The pin-cushion c fills the third chamber in the box, and projectsslightly beyond the edge of the box, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5.

In operating, the pointed cigar and is inserted in the orifice e, andthe start 8? being pressed releases the cover C and allows the spring 8to resume its normal position, in doing which it forces thecutting-blade I) quickly across the orifice e and cuts off the cigarend. If it is desired to puncture the cigar, the end is inserted in thecentral orifice of the plate d,and, being pressed down, carries theplate down a sufiicient distance to force the cigar onto theneedle-points a a.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In amatch-box, the box B, provided with an orifice, e, and combined with acover, C, a'

